DB Cargo’s No. 66152 visited the Fowey branch in Cornwall on September 2, to recover the last three non-preserved CDA china clay wagons, Nos. 375125, 375135 and 375137. They were moved from a siding at the entrance to the docks to near the unloading shed so that they could be cut up on site by local firm Henry Orchard & Sons, and the remains removed by road the following week. These wagons – which were converted from HAAs rather than purpose-built as CDAs – had been used as barrier/ reach wagons until August last year, when the rest of the fleet was withdrawn. They were needed to lengthen trains to push loaded wagons into the unloading shed, as locomotives are not permitted to enter the building.
JON HIRD